The store is scheduled to open in Scripps Ranch in early 2016 and will be the county’s fifth. The most recent market opened in Del Mar’s Flower Hill Promenade in early 2013.

The new 40,000-square-foot store will be located in a proposed mixed-use shopping center near the southeast corner of Interstate 15 and Scripps Poway Parkway, and will contain features that are unique to the community, Whole Foods said.

It will employ about 200 people.

Whole Foods, a $13 billion company, has more than 370 stores through the United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada, and has 107 stores in various stages of development this year.

The supermarket some jokingly refer to as “Whole Paycheck” has struggled with slowing comparable-store sales over the last year, and its expanding footprint may help ensure its continued growth long term.